Time for solar panels, batteries, maybe a generator, and some other electrical knowhow to make the system efficient and failure resistant
LA Mayor Shuts Off Power at Hollywood Hills House That Hosted Large Parties
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#22Can we get a recap of the Corona figures broken down by country just for a laugh? I get the impression some countries aren't taking this as seriously as others.
The leading countries are Australia, NZ, South Korea etc: https://covid19.healthdata.org The estimate is that the US will be at 300,000 deaths by end of year. Whilst NZ will be at 22. US is 65x more populous so if they adopted similar policies would have been at 1430 deaths. And it could even be a million deaths by the time a vaccine is readily available. And people like to bring up the island nonsense but fact is th…
Germany has 9000 fatalities with 81 million people. If we extrapolate the US should have maybe 40000. And Germany has basically open borders with 10 countries directly and with about 30 through Schengen. And a much higher population density.
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#23Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes it is legal. Here is the motion: https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/davidryucc/pages/2849/...
Maybe we ought to change our laws to account for the super rich who can just bypass most penalties using their wealth or connections.
The existing legal framework provides for increasing fines and even criminal charges for repeated violations, and has already been successfully used against rich and poor alike for noise, fire & safety, occupancy rules etc. There's absolutely no need for new "tools" to deal with this. Any calls for additional powers should be viewed with extreme suspicion and scepticism.
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#24For their next party trick, they'll take away your water and electricity for wrongthink or not voting for the "correct" party. Shocking that some people think this is acceptable. If freedom falls in the US, the rest of the world suffers too.
Hmm, I think cancelling parties (that have no political affiliation) is different from policing thought. I'm a free speech absolutist, but I support governments limiting non-speech freedoms for the sake of public health
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#25Can we get a recap of the Corona figures broken down by country just for a laugh? I get the impression some countries aren't taking this as seriously as others.
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#26Why people would voluntarily go to large crowded gatherings at this time is beyond me
Scroll to 1:08: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87tlULQxfR8 (this channel is like the TMZ for youtuber/tiktok)
I'm absolutely dumbfounded by the ignorance and stupidity on display here. Beyond that, I simply don't understand the appeal of this kind of influencer: she has literally nothing interesting to say and what she does say she delivers in the most aggravating cartoon parody of the "valley girl" stereotype and clearly with no sense of irony. What kind of role model is this for young people? Just awful.
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#27When working with children, losing ones temper is a great way to show them that they have “won”.
Do you think the people who had the power shut down on their party house feel like they have won?
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#28For their next party trick, they'll take away your water and electricity for wrongthink or not voting for the "correct" party. Shocking that some people think this is acceptable. If freedom falls in the US, the rest of the world suffers too.
I don’t recall reading anything about freedom to make unbelievably stupid, selfish decisions in the US constitution.
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#29A simple fine or some other existing punishment would have sufficed. The legal system has had the tools to deal with rule breakers for centuries already. Cutting off water and electricity for order violations sets a very bad precedent, and is highly irresponsible. I'm shocked that it's even legal to do so.
They got multiple warnings.
This is kind of like that Bruce Willis movie scene where his wife tries to say her affair with his best friend was "an accident" and he says something like "Whoops! I fell down and my dick accidentally ended up in your wife."
If you don't want your water cut off, don't invite your 200 closest friends over during a pandemic, two weeks after they announced this was a potential consequence and after the police have previously visited your house and warned you in specific. Duh.
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#30Earlier quoted context omitted.
No, but it will lead to a dramatic up tick in property owners telling party hosts to take their money and get lost, which is the point.
The point is clear; whether this action will advance public health goals is not.
Well, as long as they keep taking this action consistently, it seems pretty clear that it will advance public health goals.